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J. K. P'ERLEY.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

NO- 332,285. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. PERLEY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,285, dated December 15, 1885.

Application filed` October' 8, 1884. SeriaLNo. 144,616. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN K. PERLEY, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Convertible Chairs, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a chair that is convertible into a bed. Chairs having this capacity have been made with a frame hinged at the top of the back.

My improved chair is made with a receptacle for a blanket or pillow beneath a movable seat, such receptacle being made of open wire-work, so as to allow the head to be passed into such receptacle when the chair-is used as abed, thereby obtaining the necessary length for the person without requiring the back of the chair being too high.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the chair in its folded condition. Fig. 2 is a section with the parts unfolded to form a bed, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the chair.

The legs a a', arm-pieces b, and back-fra1ne c are all rigidly connected together. The cross bearers or rails d e form a support for the movable seat-frame f, which is preferably padded; but it may be of cane or open-work. The cross pieces or rails g of the back receive the padding or upholstery of the back f This back may be of cane or open-work, if desired. The swinging extension-frame is made of side pieces k and cross-rails Z, and it is of a width to pass freely in between the side pieces c of the back frame, and at i the parts are pivoted together, such pivots being preferably formed of a cross bar or bolt passing through the respective side pieces c and lc, and this extension-frarne is to be padded upon its upper surface or formed of cane or openwork. There are leg-frames m and n hinged to the extension-frame, so as to support the saine when used as a bedstead; and diagonal hook-braces may be employed, as seen by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The chair, when converted into a bed, is opened out, as seen in Fig. 2, the back legs of the chair forming also two of the legs for the bed. The leg-frame m supports the middle of the bed at the pivots fi, and the legframe u supports the outer end of the extension-frame- When the convertible bed is to be folded, the chair is set upright upon its four legs. The leg-frame m hangs down, and the extension-frame 7c is folded downwardly, the legframe u being turned up against the under side of the extension-frame Ic, and then the said extension-frame is pressed in between the side framesof the back, as seen in Fig. l, and it may be held in this position by a hook or bolt, ready to be unfolded whenever required for use.

Between the legs of the chair and beneath the removable seat f there is an open-work receptacle or box, s, preferably made of interwoven wire, and this is of a size and shape adapted to the reception of a folded blanket, or of a pillow, or of both. The seat-frameis to be lifted out when the chair is converted into a bed, and after the blanket or pillow is removed such seat-frame can be introduced partially into the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2, and occupy an inclined position to support the head of the sleeper.

Swinging ledges t, pivoted at u to the inner surfaces of the chair-frame, may be employed to support the chair-seat in its inclined position.

It will be evident that the open wire-work of which the receptacle s is composed will not interfere materially with the circulation of 8O air around the head of the sleeper, even in eases where the head may pass partially into the said receptacle.

I do not claim a swinging chair-back hinged to the seat with a swinging extension hinged to the upper end of the chair-back, so that the saine can be folded into the back-frame at the rear thereof or opened out and with the chairseat form a lounge. In my device the chair seat and back are not hinged together.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the chair-frame having the legs and back, of the seat-frame adjustable to forni an incline head-rest, the

eXtensionfra1ne, the supporting 1eg-frames, and the pivots by which the respective parts are connected, substantially as set forth.

2. The receptacle for bedding, formed of open Wire-Work, in combination With the chairframe, to which it is connected, and the rel movable seat-frame, substantially as set forth.

3. The chair-frame, in combination -With the receptacle formed of open Wire-Work, the removable seat-frame, and the swinging ledges 1o for supporting the seat-frame, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me -this 30th day of September, A. D. 1884.

JOHN K. PERLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, WILLIAM G. MoTT. 

